Donkey's Ears

Disclaimer: Do I have to keep doing one of these? We all know this isn't mine.

Author's Note: Aye tink tat iff eye merspell al uf tuh werds fin tees tooo settenses, u wil note beh abl two reed itt. Welll, hav U? pless lit meh no. I am not getting very many reviews. Maybe I am crying so much internally (sob) that I will not post as fast. Sorry about the slow posting. I have it written, just not typed. I hope everyone likes Tobe. I really didn't want to bother with the accent.

Tobe felt the harsh clip-clop of the donkey's hooves below him. 'Stupid quarter-master!' he thought 'He put me on a donkey! I can't even talk to this beast.'

Tobe looked up at his knight mistress in between his donkey's ears. Lady Kel was riding on Peachblossom up ahead next to Sergeant Domitian. He and his squad were their escort back to New Hope. Tobe snorted. They didn't need an escort from the King's Own. They had brought their own squad from camp for Lord Raoul's and Sir Neal's weddings.

His donkey halted in the middle of the road in front of a four-inch rock. Tobe cursed quietly and kicked his beast. No response.

The rest of the party was starting to get ahead. Tobe slid down the donkey's withers. He picked up the stone and threw it to the side of the road. Tobe slapped his donkey's rear end, and it grudgingly started walking again for the nine year old boy. Tobe swung up onto the donkey's back, and the obstinate pack animal stopped.

He couldn't see anyone anymore. Tobe dismounted again and started to lead/drag his donkey down the road. This wasn't going to work.

Tobe knew what he had to do. He tried talking to his donkey. "Now if I don't ride you, we shall be stuck here in the dark with the wolves…without Lady Kel." Tobe shuddered.

The donkey seemed to understand him and allowed him to ride on its back and view the world through its ears again.

Tobe thought he sensed something. "Hey!" he told the donkey, "That's Peachblossom and-" They rounded the bend, and Tobe saw Lady Kel and Sergeant Dom kissing.

Tobe rode away in disgust. "Oh, donkey's ears."